Parliamentary panel suggests AI-driven stringent airfare regulation mechanism, more teeth to DGCA on pricingA parliamentary panel suggests an AI-powered system, 'AirPrice Guardian,' to monitor and regulate airfare trends. The proposed framework ai...
26 Mar, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
Airlines to submit aggregate level airfare data to DGCADGCA has agreed to accept aggregated airfare data from airlines for analyzing price trends over the past two years, following a request fro...
26 Mar, 2025, 08.41 PM IST
Flying soon? DGCA directs airlines to share passenger rights link with ticketsThe DGCA has directed Indian airlines to include a link to passenger rights with tickets to inform travelers about entitlements during serv...
24 Mar, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
Average airfares on various domestic routes decline, shows DGCA dataThe average price of air tickets on various routes, including Delhi-Mumbai, has declined recently, according to data from the DGCA. There h...
30 Jun, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
DGCA asks airlines to reduce airfares on 10 routes to 'reasonable levels'A comparison between current ticket prices and those during March 7-14 period, when it was normal season, was done by the watchdog.
16 Apr, 2019, 09.12 PM IST
DGCA reviewing airfare hike on specific routes; advises airlines to increase flightsThe DGCA held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the upward spiral in airfares as Jet Airways continues to ground its aircraft and cancel a si...
19 Mar, 2019, 07.16 PM IST
Kerala floods: Prabhu says DGCA monitoring airfares but no micro management of airlinesThe ministry had also clarified that high airfares shown on some social media tweets are for hopping and very long duration flights.
20 Aug, 2018, 09.53 PM IST
Airlines don't charge passengers arbitrarily: DGCA to Delhi High CourtThe regulator's response came in the backdrop of a notice issued to it by the court seeking its stand regarding the claims made in the plea.
07 May, 2017, 12.05 PM IST
Need to discuss with airlines on capping airfares: DGCADGCA is expected to release the air traffic data for the month of April along with the highest ticket bucket fare details, to look into the...
20 May, 2016, 03.29 AM IST
DGCA seeks info on ticket pricing from airlinesWith concern being expressed over steep fluctuation in airfares, civil aviation regulator DGCA has sought details from the airlines on thei...
06 May, 2016, 06.27 PM IST
DGCA asked to analyse airfare movements in past 5 yearsThe government has asked DGCA to conduct a detailed study of airfares charged by domestic airlines in high density routes during the past f...
26 Jun, 2015, 09.15 PM IST
DGCA to keep eye on air faresAviation regulator DGCA has decided to keep an eye on air fares to check any "exorbitant" and "predatory" pricing by the domestic carriers.
13 Mar, 2015, 11.24 PM IST
- Airfares up but Directorate General of Civil Aviation sees no alarming trend
Airfares have shot up in the past fortnight mainly on account of crisis in KFA but the DGCA today said the hike did not indicate any "alarm...
16 Jul, 2012, 09.50 PM IST
- DGCA asks airlines to relook at sudden rise in fares
Aviation regulator DGCA today directed the domestic carriers to have a "relook at route-wise fares and make them rational and reasonable".
18 Jun, 2012, 08.36 PM IST
- DGCA's blueprint soon with powers to regulate air fares
Airfares shot up drastically, by about 200% on a few sectors, post-Diwali, forcing DGCA to issue directions on November 19, 2010.
14 Mar, 2011, 01.41 AM IST
- DGCA instructed to rationalise tariffs of private airlines: Patel
Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Sunday said the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has been instructed to monitor and ...
09 Jan, 2011, 06.41 PM IST
- Why high airfares? Airlines to reply to DGCA by tomorrow
Indian airlines are to submit their responses by tomorrow to aviation regulator DGCA explaining the abrupt hike in airfares even during non...
30 Nov, 2010, 08.17 PM IST